Students

Agreements with Educational Institutions

Responsibilities of the Educational Institution:

Students must be attending a formal educational institution such as high school, post-secondar y academic institution, academy, or university, or involved in a community education program. Before accepting a student on a regular basis for educational / research purposes, an agreement must be established which outlines the respective responsibilities. The agreement should contain the following provisions:

• Ensure the relevance of academic programs to our model of care
• Approve the qualifications of the students
• Ensure adequate liability and malpractice insurance coverage is in place prior to their participation at the Health Centre, and provide a statement of that coverage to the London InterCommunity Health Centre.
• Ensure that there is workplace insurance coverage for all students
• Ensure that each student has completed a police record check
• Provide a learning contract that stipulates the nature of work assignments and hours available
• Provide all forms and clear instructions on the process required for evaluation and feedback
• Provide direction/guidelines on process for termination of agreement

Responsibilities of the London InterCommunity Health Centre:

• Ensure that student activities (i.e. Research, client service, facilitation etc) conform to accepted code of ethics, standards and other policies of the Health Centre.
• Ensure quality of supervision and evaluation by appropriate staff member(s) is effective and contributes to the student learning
• Provide facilities and /or equipment for use by students in the delivery of services
• Conduct an interview with the student(s) to determine how the student’s learning objectives “fit” with the goals/objectives of the London InterCommunity Health Centre.
• Ensure that we have students and educational institution contact person, contact information (name, program, title, email, phone, mailing address)
• Keep all relevant information about the student and their placement on file, i.e. police checks, student contract, insurance information etc.
• Ensure that all students sign a confidentiality agreement which will be kept on file.

Request for temporary placement will be handled on an individual basis 3-6 months in advance. Acceptance will depend on the availability of a supervisor, number of students, length of placement and type and content of placement and at the discretion of the Program Managers.  Requests need to come through field practicum/placement coordinator, not the students themselves.